Three Cheers!

Every week, there’s something worth celebrating. Sometimes, I look down my nose about it. Other times, I shrug about how small my “successes” are, especially when I think about what I could have done, or should have done, or would have done.

But you know what?

There’s a temptation in my demand for perfection, one that makes me blind to the forest for all the trees (or vice versa).

So, every Thursday, along with the fine folks at Faith & Family Live, I sit down and think about what my small successes are. Feel free to join in. It’s a great practice in humility and a wonderful way to encourage each other.

1. I completed the library’s summer reading program. Every year, I struggle. Ten books? No problem! I’ll confidently think as I fill out the form. And then I’ll get enchanted with a 600-page book of some sort that will take longer than three days to read and put me behind. But this year, somehow, I read my ten books before the deadline (which, by the way, is long before when I consider the end of the summer to be!).

2. I wrote my representatives and senators about the proposed health care reform that’s in the House right now.

3. Last Friday, when my mother-in-law asked me if I wanted to spend the day freezing sweet corn, I said yes. We might not eat corn again this summer after spending all day with the intricacies of 24 dozen ears, but when the snow’s flying, I’ll savor those kernels of summer sunshine!

What are you cheering about this week? Go on over to Faith & Family Live and share!